MARIA
(1954)
Scarce first edition, privately printed by Cornell in an edition of about 100 copies and given away to his friends as presents, augmented with a collaged element to the last page.
BCB New Arrivals
HOW DID I GET HERE? THE ASCENT OF AN UNLIKELY CEO
(2010)
Signed first edition of this personal reflection on the place where skateboarding meets entrepreneurship, by "the most famous and influential skateboarder of all time" (jacket).
A Gay WWII Veteran's Album and Letters
[1939-1947]
Uncommonly frank treasury of original letters and snapshots from a circle of gay US ex-servicemen in the late 1940s.
MURDER AT POTTSVILLE
(1936)
Attractive and well-preserved copy of this Rebel Poetry Occasional Publication, containing the titular poem as well as Whelan's "Decade".
READ: All Principal Cities
[ca. 2014]
A subtle and astute work of art by The Reader, hinting to the aesthetic of certain Jim Crow era signs while using the found object sign marked "No Trespassing."
A DRUG-TAKER'S NOTES
1957
First and only printing of this detailed account of the author's six supervised LSD trips, the first publication of its kind.
L'ART CUBISTE: Théories et Realisations
(1929)
First printing of this early study of Cubism, with 44 of the original 48 plates.
COLORED PEOPLE
1972
Beautiful, nearly untouched copy of the first and only printing of this Ruscha photobook without people, his final solo bookwork.
ALPHABET
(2013)
Limited first edition of this dynamic artist's book alphabet, using patterend plastic overlays to reveal letters as the leaves are turned.
FUCK YOU/ A Magazine of the Arts: Number 2, April 62
[1962]
Handsome springtime issue of Sanders' legendary journal, printed "At a Secret Location on the Lower East Side."
THE SUBTERRANEANS
(1960)
Movie-tie-in and first UK edition of the thinly-veiled autobiographical story of the brief but intense interracial love affair between Leo (Kerouac) and Mardou (Alene Lee).
DEM
(1969)
First paperback edition of Kelley's sharp comedy of the anxieties and fantasies of '60s white America.
MY SISTER, MY LOVE
(1963)
First printing of this notorious lesbian pulp novel by a pseudonymous Marion Zimmer Bradley.
HOW TO TEACH YOUR BABY TO READ: The Gentle Revolution
(1964)
An instructional book for parents advocating reading education for toddlers.
REALMS OF THE UNREAL: The Work of Henry Darger
(1977)
Scarce exhibition catalogue from the groundbreaking first show of Darger's previously unknown works.
ATTITUDES: Photography in the 1970s
1979
Signed limited edition exhibition catalogue, including the work of Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Louis Bernal, Jack Butler, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Robert Mapplethorpe, Bea Nettles, and Karen Truax, issued with several signed prints and set of original slides.
STRUCTURAL(ISM) AND PHOTOGRAPHY
(1978)
Scarce first printing of the conceptual photographer's landmark work.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE
(1977)
Catalogue of a landmark photography exhibition held at Camerawork Gallery and La Mamelle's Art Center, San Francisco, 1976.
LISTEN
1975
Signed limited edition of this graphically bold artist's book based on and inspired by Erik Satie's 1914 SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS.
A BOOK FULL OF SPOONS
(1975)
Cal Kowal's evocative photographic essay on Joe "Mr. Spoons" Jones, a Cincinnati spoon player.
JACKASS: A Magazine of the Southwest
1928
Scarce regional literary magazine of the US Southwest, the first of just two issues released before its name change to PALO VERDE.
THE SCRIPTURE OF THE GOLDEN ETERNITY
(1960)
First state, first issue of Kerouac's Buddhist-influenced, philosophico-religious prose poems.
SOCIALIZATION IN DRUG ABUSE
(1976)
First printing of these collected essays challenging the prevailing psychological model of the drug abuser, signed by co-editor Coombs in the year of publication.
STORMING HEAVEN: LSD and the American Dream
(1987)
Advance uncorrected proof copy of this riveting history of LSD in America.
STORMING HEAVEN: LSD and the American Dream
(1987)
First printing, in the uncommon dust jacket, of this riveting history of LSD in the US.
